Best Old School games on PC
These are older games and newer titles that use mechanics, structure, or presentation associated with earlier eras of PC gaming.
- Older or retro-inspired design
Related: Classic, Retro, Nostalgia, 1990's
1,709 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
A cinematic sci-fi platformer that tells its story without dialogue
85% positive
1,756 reviews
Dread Templar
Retro first-person shooter with demon battles and hidden upgrades
82% positive
1,741 reviews
Demo Freedom Planet 2
Side-scrolling action platformer with four distinct character fighting styles
96% positive
1,739 reviews
Parking Garage Rally Circuit
Retro arcade racing through parking garages with drift boosts
96% positive
1,735 reviews
Golfing Over It with Alva Majo
A physics-based platformer about climbing a mountain with golf shots
74% positive
1,699 reviews
Demo Hedon Bloodrite
Retro first-person shooter mixing underground battles with exploration and puzzles
93% positive
1,693 reviews
Demo Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
3D collectathon platformer where a taxi dashes off ramps
97% positive
1,679 reviews
Vanguard Princess
A 2D anime fighter where each combatant brings a partner
70% positive
1,659 reviews
Demo Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®
Dark 2D puzzle platformer about rescuing Mudokons from corporate exploitation
95% positive
1,652 reviews
Fractal Block World
Surreal first-person exploration game about shrinking into hidden worlds
98% positive
1,634 reviews
Demo Tenebris Somnia
Pixel-art survival horror that switches to live-action at key moments
94% positive
1,628 reviews
Super Woden: Rally Edge
Arcade rally racing with cars to buy, upgrade, and customize
96% positive
1,627 reviews
Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered
Third-person puzzle-platforming through three remastered adventures with switchable visuals
88% positive
1,625 reviews
Fashion Police Squad
Retro first-person shooter where each fashion crime needs its own weapon
87% positive
1,599 reviews
EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE
Survival horror roguelite where each death sends in another volunteer
94% positive
Free
Isles of Sea and Sky
Open-world block-pushing adventure across islands with unlockable abilities
91% positive
1,585 reviews
Eterspire
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with progress shared between PC and mobile
77% positive
Free
Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?
A first-person horror puzzler where computer game traps become real
95% positive
1,569 reviews
Cavern of Dreams
N64-style 3D platformer searching open-ended worlds for stolen dragon eggs
92% positive
1,562 reviews
ETHYRIAL
Open-world fantasy MMORPG with switchable classes and crafting
52% positive
Free
Commander Keen
Side-scrolling sci-fi platformers starring a pogo-stick-wielding child hero
93% positive
1,555 reviews
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Side-scrolling space shooter with customizable ships and crowded enemy waves
87% positive
1,530 reviews
Tomb Raider III (1998)
Third-person action adventure built around puzzles and dangerous jumps
84% positive
1,486 reviews
Demo GearCity
Historical car company management sim spanning vehicle design and finance
88% positive
1,480 reviews